Keywords: North Russian Blockhouse (AWM A03725).jpg AWM caption Members of No 2 Gun Crew of the Australian Section of the 201st Battalion Machine Gun Corps British North Russian Relief Force moving off from a blockhouse in the Bolo's old winter line This is believed to be the blockhouse where Sergeant Samuel George Pearse an Australian serving with the 45th Battalion Royal Fusiliers won his posthumous award of the Victoria Cross on 29 August 1919 for extreme bravery A03725 Credit line Donated by Mr W Baverstock 1919-09-09 photographer not identified Copyright expired - public domain PD-AustraliaGov Allied Intervention in the Civil war of Russia Australia in the Russian Civil War Black and white photographs Machine Gun Corps Arkhangelsk Governorate |